Medical and neurological complications of ischemic stroke: Experience from the RANTTAS trial

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 447-453

  Johnston, Karen C ^a,g   Li, Jiang Y ^a   Lyden, Patrick D ^b   Hanson, Sandra K ^c   Feasby, Thomas E ^d   Adams, Robert J ^e   Faught Jr , R Edward ^f   Haley Jr , E Clarke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Stroke; Stroke outcome; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

TIRILAZAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031885478     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.2.447     Document Type: Article

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